to the Cross, and returns per breviorem to the right of the Celebrant, where he sits and covers. (Bisso, litt. F. n. 45, § 23, 24; Bauldry, ibid. n. 24; Merati, ibid.)

39. The adoration over, the Deacon, at a signal from the Master of Ceremonies, lays aside his birretta, rises, and having made a salutation to the Celebrant, goes, accompanied by the Master of Ceremonies, to the place where the Cross reposes. Having genuflected unico genu, he takes it (and thereupon all kneel, the Celebrant and Subdeacon at their seats, and those of the choir in their places) (Bisso, ibid. § 25; Bauldry, ibid. n. 28; De Bralion, ibid. n. 20), and carries it reverently in both hands; assisted by the Master of Ceremonies, he places it upon the Altar. (Rubr. ibid.)

40. Then all rise, the Deacon makes a simple genuflection, and returns per breviorem to the right of the Celebrant, where he sits and covers, together with the Subdeacon and Celebrant. (Merati, ibid. n. 36.) In the mean time, a Clerk removes the cushion with the carpet, and deposits everything in its proper place. (Carem. Epis. ibid. n. 12.)

ARTICLE IV.-The Procession.

41. When the Deacon has replaced the Cross upon the Altar, the Thurifers come into the middle of the choir, followed by the Cross-bearer, between the Acolytes, who carry their candles: the Thurifers alone genuflect. (Bauldry, part iv. cap. x. art. iv. n. 1.) They put themselves in order for proceeding to the chapel of the sepulchre by the shortest way. The clergy follow the Cross, the simple Clerks in advance, the Priests, two and two, and lastly the sacred Ministers (Rubr. Miss. ut in die), who walk, unus post alium, with hands joined and heads uncovered. It should be added, that all, even the Celebrant, should have genuflected to the Cross before moving in procession.

42. On arriving at the Altar of Repose, the Thurifers genuflect on both knees in the middle, and retire to the Epistle side. The Cross-bearer, with the two Acolytes, and those who make up the procession, will take their places as they did on the day before (see Chap. VI. Art. III. n. 27): the latter, after having genuflected on both knees. (Merati, part iv. tit. ix. n. 41.)

43. The sacred Ministers having arrived at the entrance to the chapel, give their birrettas to the Master of Cere

monies (Carem. Epis. lib. ii. cap. xxv. n. 31; cap. xxvi. n. 14), who hands them to a Clerk to carry to the seats of the sacred Ministers at the High Altar. This being done, the Deacon and Subdeacon place themselves on each side of the Celebrant; all three genuflect utroque genu, in plano; then rise, and kneel upon the lowest step, where they pray for a few moments. (Carem. Epis. ibid. cap. xxv. n. 31.) In the mean time, lighted torches and candles are distributed to the clergy. (Rubr. ibid.)

44. At the signal from the Master of Ceremonies, the Deacon rises, genuflects, and proceeds to open the urn; he again genuflects, and returns to the lowest step. The Celebrant puts incense into the two thuribles, without blessing it, and kneeling with his Ministers, incenses the Most Holy Sacrament. (Rubr. ibid.) Those who are to support the canopy then take it. According to a decree of the Sacred Cong. of Rites, 15 Sept. 1736, it may be carried by Priests vested only in cottas, or by other persons, according to the custom of the Church.

Note. It belongs only to the Deacon to open the urn of the sepulchre, to take out the Blessed Sacrament, and to give It to the Celebrant, and should not be done by another Priest vested in cotta and stole. (S. R. C. 16 Dec. 1828.)

45. The Celebrant having finished the incensation, the Master of Ceremonies vests him with the humeral veil, and the Deacon proceeds to place the Most Holy Sacrament into his hands, more solito. The Celebrant receiving It in his hands, covered with the ends of the veil (Rubr. ibid.), rises, and turns towards the clergy, having the Deacon at his right, and the Subdeacon at his left. (Merati, ibid. n. 46.) The Cantors, kneeling, commence the Vexilla Regis (Rubr. ibid.; Carem. Epis. ibid.), and the procession advances, preceded by the Cross-bearer and Acolytes, who arriving at the middle of the choir, do not make any reverence, but proceed to the credence. The Cross-bearer deposits the Cross on the Epistle side, then genuflects, and goes to take off his folded chasuble and alb. (Bauldry, ibid. n. 7; De Bralion, part iv. in Append. iii. cap. xii. n. 8.) As the clergy enter choir, each retires to his respective place, and remains kneeling. (Bauldry; De Bralion, ibid.; Merati, ibid. n. 50.)

46. The sacred Ministers having reached the High Altar, the Deacon takes the Blessed Sacrament, places it on the centre of the corporal, unties the riband with which the veil

had been fastened, and places it upon the Epistle corner of the Altar; he then folds the veil of the chalice in the same manner as at the commencement of Mass. (Memoriale Rit. tit. v. cap. ii. n. 4; Merati, ibid. n. 51.) This done, he genuflects, and returns to the right of the Celebrant (who in the mean time has divested himself of the humeral veil), and presents the incense. The Celebrant incenses the Blessed Sacrament, the sacred Ministers raising his chasuble, more solito. (Memoriale Rit. ibid.; Merati, ibid. n. 52.)

47. Those who supported the canopy receive candles, and remain kneeling in a semicircle before the Altar, until after the Communion. If the bearers be laics they should kneel with lighted candles, outside the balustrade.

48. When the Celebrant has incensed the Blessed Sacrament, the Thurifers genuflect on both knees, in the centre; the second carries his thurible to the sacristy (Bauldry, ibid. n. 19; Gavant. part iv. litt. Q. in Rubr. xix. litt. C.; Merati, ibid.), and the first proceeds to the Epistle side, to be ready again to present the thurible for the incensation. (Bisso, litt. F. n. xliii. § 27.)

ARTICLE V.-The Remainder of the Office.

49. The Celebrant having incensed the Blessed Sacrament, ascends to the predella with his Ministers; all three make a simple genuflection: the Deacon removes the veil from the chalice (which he gives to the Master of Ceremonies), the paten, and pall. Then, taking the paten in his right hand, he holds it in both hands, a little above the corporal, and the Celebrant, taking the chalice, allows the Sacred Host to fall gently upon the paten, taking care not to touch it. Should this happen, he will immediately purify his fingers in the little vessel prepared for the purpose (Rubr. Miss. ut in die), and wipe them with the purificator, which the Deacon should present to him. (Bauldry, part iv. cap. x. art. iv. n. 11; Bisso, litt. F. n. xlv. § 29.) He then takes the paten in both hands, which the Deacon presents to him, without any kiss; and without making the sign of the Cross, or using any form of words, he places the Sacred Host upon the corporal (Rubr. ibid.): he places the paten towards the Epistle side, but upon the corporal. (Bisso; Bauldry; Merati, ibid.)

50. The Celebrant having placed the Host upon the corporal, the Subdeacon passes to the Deacon's right, taking care to genuflect before and after; the Acolyte having

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brought the cruets, he first takes that containing the wine, and gives it to the Deacon, who pours a little into the chalice, without placing the cruet upon the Altar, and without cleansing it with the purificator. (Merati, ibid. n. 54.) The Subdeacon then pours in a little water, more solito, but without asking the Celebrant to bless it, which he neither does, nor says the prayer, Deus, qui humanæ, &c. (Rubr. ibid.) This done, the Acolyte carries the cruets to the credence, the Subdeacon returns to the left of the Celebrant, making the usual genuflections, and the Deacon gives the chalice, without any kiss, to the Celebrant, who neither makes the sign of the Cross, nor says any form of words, but places it upon the corporal, the Deacon covering it with the pall. (Rubr. ibid.)

51. After this, the Thurifer makes a simple genuflection in plano, and ascends the predella, where the Celebrant receives incense without any kiss, and without blessing it. (Rubr. ibid.) He then incenses the Oblata, more solito, saying, Incensum istud, &c. (Rubr. ibid.), and afterwards the Cross and the Altar, with the usual genuflections (Carem. Epis. lib. ii. cap. xxv. n. 19; S. R. C. 3 Aug. 1697, and 5 Jul. 1698), saying, Dirigatur Domine, &c., as also the Ascendat in nobis Dominus, &c. (Rubr. ibid.) Having come to the Epistle corner, the Deacon receives the thurible without kissing, and gives it to the Thurifer, as the Celebrant is not incensed. The Thurifer carries the thurible to the sacristy, it not being again required. (Bauldry, ibid. n. 14; Merati, ibid. n. 55.)

52. The Celebrant having given the thurible to the Deacon, descends the step in cornu Epistolæ (Rubr. ibid.), and being turned towards the people (Gavant. part iv. tit. ix. in Rubr. xiv. litt. I.; Carem. Epis. ibid. cap. xxvi. n. 19; Merati, ibid. 57), he washes his hands, assisted by his Ministers, but does not say the Psalm, Lavabo. (Rubr. ibid.) The three Ministers then pass to the centre, and place themselves unus post alium: the Acolytes deposit everything on the credence.

53. On coming to the centre, the Ministers genuflect with the Celebrant, and the Deacon ascends to assist at the Missal. (Castaldi, lib. iii. sec. vii. cap. iv. n. 12; Merati, ibid. n. 58.) The Celebrant, having his hands joined upon the Altar, and being inclined, says in a low but intelligible voice, the Prayer, In spiritu humilitatis (Rubr. ibid.); after which, he kisses the Altar, makes a simple genuflection, and turning towards the people, so as to have his back a cornu Evangelii,

says, Orate fratres, continuing the words which follow, in secret (Horatius Christiani, sec. iii. cap. viii. n. 21; Merati, ibid. n. 60): he then returns to the centre, without having made a circle, and genuflects. (Rubr. ibid.) The Ministers do not answer, Suscipiat. (Gavant. ibid. in Rubr. xvi.; Merati, ibid. n. 62.)

54. The Celebrant having said the Orate fratres, and that which follows, sings the Oremus præceptis salutaribus, &c., upon the ferial tone, with hands joined, and the Pater noster, with hands extended. (Castaldi, ibid. n. 13.) At the commencement of the Pater noster, the Deacon genuflects, and descends behind the Celebrant, his place being supplied by the Master of Ceremonies. (Merati, ibid.)

55. At the end of the Pater noster, the choir answers, Sed libera nos a malo; to which the Celebrant says, submissa voce, Amen (Rubr. ibid.); still remaining with hands extended, and without signing himself with the paten. Afterwards, he adds in the same tone, Libera nos quæsumus Domine, &c., to which the choir answers, Amen. (Merati, ibid. n. 64.)

56. The Celebrant then having genuflected, passes the paten under the Host, and takes the paten in his left hand, which he places on the Altar. (Carem. Epis. ibid. n. 20; Castaldi, ibid. n. 14; Bauldry, ibid. n. 18; Gavant. ibid. in Rubr. xviii. litt. M.; Merati, ibid. n. 25.) He takes the Sacred Host in his right hand, and elevates It so as to be seen by all (Rubr. ibid.), taking care that It is always over the corporal. (Bauldry; Merati, ibid.) His Ministers remain kneeling upon the edge of the predella, and do not raise the chasuble during this Elevation. (Bauldry, ibid.) The Blessed Sacrament is not incensed, but an Acolyte sounds the rattle. (Merati, ibid.)

57. When the Celebrant places the Sacred Host upon the paten, his Ministers rise, and having placed themselves at his sides, all three genuflect. The Deacon immediately uncovers the chalice, and the Celebrant, without making another genuflection, takes the Sacred Host, and divides it into three parts, as usual, without saying anything, and without making the signs of the Cross when putting the smaller Particle into the chalice. (Rubr. ibid.; Cærem. Epis. ibid. n. 20; S. R. C. 7 Aug. 1627.)

58. The Deacon having covered the chalice, the three Ministers genuflect, and the Deacon and Subdeacon change sides, with the usual genuflections. (Bauldry, ibid. n. 20;